FromMiddle Englishmyxen, fromOld Englishmixen,myxen, frommeohx,meox(“dung, filth”), fromProto-West Germanic*mīgan, fromProto-Germanic*mīganą(“to urinate”); akin to GermanMist(“manure”).
mixen (pluralmixens)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition ofWebster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for“mixen”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.)
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| Conjugation ofmixen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mixen | |||
| past singular | mixte | |||
| past participle | gemixt | |||
| infinitive | mixen | |||
| gerund | mixenn | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | mix | mixte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | mixt,mix2 | mixte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | mixt | mixte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | mixt | mixte | ||
| 3rd person singular | mixt | mixte | ||
| plural | mixen | mixten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | mixe | mixte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | mixen | mixten | ||
| imperative sing. | mix | |||
| imperative plur.1 | mixt | |||
| participles | mixend | gemixt | ||
| 1)Archaic.2) In case ofinversion. | ||||
Borrowed fromEnglishmix, fromMiddle Englishmixen, partially inherited fromOld Englishmixen, and partially from a backformation ofOld Frenchmixte, itself a borrowing fromLatinmixtus, past participle ofmiscere.Doublet ofmischen.
mixen (weak,third-person singular presentmixt,past tensemixte,past participlegemixt,auxiliaryhaben)
| infinitive | mixen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | mixend | ||||
| past participle | gemixt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ichmixe | wirmixen | i | ichmixe | wirmixen |
| dumixt | ihrmixt | dumixest | ihrmixet | ||
| ermixt | siemixen | ermixe | siemixen | ||
| preterite | ichmixte | wirmixten | ii | ichmixte1 | wirmixten1 |
| dumixtest | ihrmixtet | dumixtest1 | ihrmixtet1 | ||
| ermixte | siemixten | ermixte1 | siemixten1 | ||
| imperative | mix (du) mixe (du) | mixt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.
Frommeohx,meox(“dung, filth”), fromProto-West Germanic*mīgan, fromProto-Germanic*mīganą(“to urinate”).
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Strongō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mixen | mixena,mixene |
| accusative | mixene | mixena,mixene |
| genitive | mixene | mixena |
| dative | mixene | mixenum |
